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Syncopation Literary Journal
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An online journal dedicated to music. Free to read. No submission fees.
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Thank you @windychickenpoet.bsky.social for inviting @syncopationlit.bsky.social to be a part of your launch party for your new book Old World Wings: Poems of Europe.

#poetry #poet #poetrybook #booklaunch #newbook #newbookalert #writer #writingcommunity
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Countdown: Old World Wings: Poems of Europe releases November 25th from @wildinkpublishing.bsky.social

Check out this beautiful and descriptive blurb on the collection written by Natalie Welsh, editor of @syncopationlit.bsky.social 😍
#poetrybook
#poetryaboutEurope
#travelpoetry
November 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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@syncopationlit.bsky.social did a gorgeous feature on Old World Wings: Poems of Europe in Volume 4, Issue 1.
Read the full feature here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/special.../
@wildinkpublishing.bsky.social
#travelpoetry #poemsaboutEurope #poetrybooks
Releases on Nov 25th!
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November 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Today is your last chance to submit your music-themed poetry to Volume 5, Issue 1. For details, click the link below:

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#callforsubmissions #poetry #writer #poet #music #musician #music #writingcommunity
October 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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I’m thrilled to be nominated for the Pushcart Prize! Thank you to @syncopationlit.bsky.social for nominating me!!
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Congratulations to @icrlt.bsky.social on your Pushcart Prize nomination for your flash fiction Oh Baby, Try, a story of resilience and music. Read it below:

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#writer #nomination #flashfiction #fiction #music #bluerodeo #canada #canadian #read
October 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Congratulations to @icrlt.bsky.social on your Pushcart Prize nomination for your flash fiction Oh Baby, Try, a story of resilience and music. Read it below:

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#writer #nomination #flashfiction #fiction #music #bluerodeo #canada #canadian #read
October 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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We are thrilled to announce Rituparna Mukherjee’s Pushcart Prize nomination for her short story “LIVE AID,” a tale of love and remembrance. Read it here:

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#queen #freddiemercury #music #shortstory #fiction #writer #literaryjournal
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Congratulations to John Barton on your Pushcart Prize Nomination for your poem “Love Symbol #2,” a tribute to Prince.

Read the poem here:

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#poetry #pushcartprize #poem #poet #prince #purplerain #writer #writingcommunity #literaryjournal
October 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Congratulations to Dawn Brown on your Pushcart Prize Nomination for your poem “Let The Music Soar.”

You can read 3 of Dawn’s poems below:

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#poem #poems #poetry #poet #canadian #canadianpoet #music #musiclover #read #reader #literaryjournal
October 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Thank you so much! This journal is great to work with.
syncopationlit.bsky.social Syncopation Literary Journal @syncopationlit.bsky.social · Oct 6
Congratulations to @lzgoshert.bsky.social on your Pushcart Prize nomination for your braided essay about your childhood lived through classic rock and movie monsters.

Read the full essay here:

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#music #classicrock #movie #film #writer
October 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Congratulations to @lzgoshert.bsky.social on your Pushcart Prize nomination for your braided essay about your childhood lived through classic rock and movie monsters.

Read the full essay here:

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#music #classicrock #movie #film #writer
October 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Congratulations Michael Gigandet on your Pushcart Prize nomination for your short story Heart Music.

Read this musical coming of age tale here:

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#nominee #nomination #writer #writingcommunity #shortstory #fiction #music #60smusic
October 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Send us your music-related poetry for a chance to be included in Volume 5, Issue 1. Details below:

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#callforsubmissions #poetry #poet #poetrycommunity #writer #writingcommunity #music #literaryjournal #amwriting #poem #poems
September 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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#WritingCommunity! Submit your music-themed poetry for a chance to be part of Volume 5, Issue 1. Full details below:

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#poetry #poem #poems #poet #writer #musician #songwriter #music #callforsubmissions #magazine #publishing
September 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Hey Writers! Submit your music-themed poems to Volume 5, Issue 1 today. Details below:

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#poet #poem #poetry #poetrylover #writer #callforsubmissions #music #musiclover #literaryjournal
September 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Send us your music-themed poetry for a chance to be part of Volume 5, Issue 1. For full details, click the link below:

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#poetry #poet #poem #poems #music #writer #callforsubmissions #literaryjournal #musician #writingcommunity #creative
September 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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New Call for Submissions now open! Submit your music-themed Poetry by Oct. 29, 2025. Full submission details below:

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#callforsubmissions #callforwriters #poet #poetry #poetrycommunity #writer #writingcommunity #musician #songwriter #music
August 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Thank you to everyone who read our ‘80s Issue! We have a new Call for Submissions coming soon. Follow us for updates. You can also join our mailing list here:

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#comingsoon #callforsubmissions #writingcommunity #poetry #poet #writer #staytuned
August 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Today’s poem, by Michael Mintrom, is a tribute to Toronto band Cowboy Junkies and their 1988 album The Trinity Session. Read it here:

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#poem #poetry #cowboyjunkies #toronto #music #album #band #alternative #country #folk #rock #blues #poet
August 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Thrilled to have my flash fiction piece “Oh Baby, Try” in Syncopation! Blue Rodeo’s music always makes me smile and brings back so many memories. @jimcuddyofficial.bsky.social
@bluerodeo.bsky.social
syncopationlit.bsky.social Syncopation Literary Journal @syncopationlit.bsky.social · Aug 22
Ingrid Littmann-Tai’s “Oh Baby, Try” is a story of resilience and healing tuned to the music of Blue Rodeo. Read it here:

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#bluerodeo #jimcuddy #music #writer #healing #survivor #selflove #selfhelp #writingcommunity #flashfiction #readers
August 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Ingrid Littmann-Tai’s “Oh Baby, Try” is a story of resilience and healing tuned to the music of Blue Rodeo. Read it here:

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#bluerodeo #jimcuddy #music #writer #healing #survivor #selflove #selfhelp #writingcommunity #flashfiction #readers
August 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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August 22, 1974

Carole King releases her single “Jazzman”.

King composed the music for the song, while David Palmer (formerly of Steely Dan) wrote the lyrics.

The song peaked at No.2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

#ClassicVinyl
#MusicSky

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Jazzman - Carole King (81.121.01)
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August 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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John Cougar on stage. A rite of passage after the show. 1982 is calling you back…Read Rhonda Melanson’s poem below:

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#johncougar #johncougarmellencamp #music #80s #80smusic #canadian #poet #poetry #canada #writingcommunity #literaryjournal
August 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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It has been so long since you danced to Tango in the Night in that house on the hill but your memories remain strong. Read Josie Turner’s nonfiction below:

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#music #fleetwoodmac #tangointhenight #80s #nonfiction #writer #writingcommunity
August 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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John Bonham died in September 1980. Shortly thereafter, @lisacreynolds.bsky.social danced to Stairway to Heaven with a boy from school. Read about it in her poem Slow Dancing:

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#ledzeppelin #johnbonham #classicrock #music #poem #poetry #poet
August 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM